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Where does “limită” come from?

limită (Romanian) comes from French limiter, from Latin līmitō, from Latin līmes, from Latin līmus, from Proto-Indo-European h₂leyH-, from Proto-Indo-European leyh₂- — to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...

limită (Romanian): limit; third-person singular simple perfect...

Definitions

  1. limit; third-person singular simple perfect...

Ancestry of “limită”, step by step

StepLanguageWordMeaning
1Frenchlimiterto mark, to limit; to limit
2Latinlīmitō—
3Latinlīmes—
4Latinlīmus—
5Proto-Indo-Europeanh₂leyH-to smear
6Proto-Indo-Europeanleyh₂-to die, disapear; to avoid, elude, decline,...
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